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The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 52, No. 43 (October 24, 1963)

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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER i'« .U COMPANY AKRON EDITION
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Akron, Ohio ;447 Thursday, October 21, 1963 No. 43
Spirit Of UF' Racer Zooms
Toward $384,300 'Flag'
-- mmm""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""mm"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'• $299.539 Pledged
1, She Could Be Stretching ,• v
- The Story Just A Little I .--
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-3 The following is a •ttall tale" written by a 10-year-
- old girl from Gastonia, N.C., and read to her classmates -
1- as part of a school assignment. She has come up with a 4
- - new concept of tire-making which, if adopted, would be •
unique in the industry. A letter accompanying her ':tale" M
-I: was sent to public relations by the girl's father. M The 66Spirit of the UF,"
1•Once upon a time a little boy named Jimmy started • Goodyear's mythical racer
-- 6 eating rubber. He ate so much he thought he would pop. -- which has its headlights
9 Jimmy stopped for a few days, but of course he started • trained on the finish line-
M back again. One night on a very cold night the heat was 3 the company goal of $384,-
0 on, so Jimmy walked over to the heater to get warm. M 300 -has passed the two-
-3 t:Finally he got warm and walked away. All of a
3 sudden, POP! The rubber got so hot it just popped. And .- thirds mark and is heading
3 that was the end of poor Jimmy. When the rubber got -= down the home stretch with
• cool, it turned into circles. Then people called them tires. • the gas pedal to the floor.
•That's how Good Year Tires got its name because M As of last Tuesday after-
M Jimmy had lived for a good year. And to this day GOOD - noon, $299,539 or 77.9 per cent
• Years is the BEST!!! " of the goal, had been collected.
= In addition, Board Chairman
•11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111118 E. J.Thomas presented Robert
S. Wilson, general campaign
Leading Roles Are Set chairman, with a $210,000 check
as Goodyear's corporate gift to
the United Fund drive.
For'Bye Bye Birdie' year Tire and Goodyear Aero-
The donations made by Good-space
employes, plus the
Susannah Pierce, John Bernabei and Joe DiGiroloma, corporate gift constitute about
names familiar to those who have seen past Goodyear 25 per cent of the entire UF
goal, which this year is $3,550,-
Musical Theatre shows, will play the leading roles in The
000.
3Iusical Theatre's production of 66Bye Bye Birdie" Nov. •The results tabulated so far
22, 23, 29, 30 and Dec. 1 in Goodyear Theater. are encouraging," said J. H.
JIiss Pierce, who has appeared Ake, company UF general
in "Li'l Abner," "Once Upon a Tickets for the musical can chairman. 66I feel certain that
1Iattress" and 6(Kismet," por- be purchased at the Employes if each of us does his part,
trays Rose Alvarez, secretary Activities Office or from any and contributes according to
to Albert Peterson (Bernabei), member of the cast. his conscience, we shall sur-manager
of the teen-age singing pass this year's goal."
age, Conrad Birdie ( DiGiro-- Our Rims Shine He added, •'It's nice to be
onia ). Bernabei played Marryin' able to show others that we've
alii in last year's •<Li'l Abner" reached our goal, but it's much
ro·luction, while DiGiroloma At Convention more important than that, be-acl
the lead role.
Goodyear's rims and rim dis- cause it means we, as individ- _
Supporting roles are handled tributors virtually took over the uals and an organization, have
)Y <ort Golub as Mr. MacAfee, floor at the 40th annual conven- lived up to our community re-eD
lene Moore as Mrs. Mac- tion of the National Wheel & sponsibilities."
f, ·:, Margaret Sullifan as Mae Rim Association this month in Day Hurst, office manager
et ·rson, John Brown as Hugo St. Louis. for the campaign, said pledge
emmdy and Tommy DiGiro- Headlining speakers at con cards are being returned at the
on' '. as Randolph MacAfee. vention sessions was Robert J. same rate as in past years. The
I 'bbie Whippy, daughter of Burns, Metal Products Division drive ends Wednesday, Oct. 30,
01 :las Huggins, training, plays general manager, who discussed and he urged solicitors to re-in
MacAfee, 15-year-old girl 61The Entrepreneur and Market. turn completed cards as quickly
Vh, is. on the receiving end of ing Innovations." His talk cen- as possible.
S' ig delivered as a promotion tered around the problems and
tu : by Conrad Birdie. new techniques involved in the (Oast TO •oast Victories
rim and wheel distribution busi-ness.
mt Do They
vie In Common?
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•This worthy cause deserves care for a child; 63 , cents a
support from each and every- week provides 66 TB X-rays in
one of us," said Harold Sams, the Tuberculosis and Health
Local 2 UF chairman. •'Your Association mobile unit, and
donation can do so much." He $1.62 twice a month provides
cited three examples of how shelter to 42 homeless men
small payroll deductions can through the Salvation Army.
restore the underprivileged to •You can see how UF dona-a
useful life. tions are used," Sams said.
Thirty-eight cents a week •'Was your :r- ibiition in-provides
12 days of foster home cludr ate ?"
BOARD CHAIRMAN E. J. Thomas Kpours" Goodyear's
$210,000 corporate gift into the Summit County United Fund
kettle of cash. Ready to catch any overflow are J. H. Ake, Good-y•
ar UF general chairman (kneeling), and R. S. Wilson, Sum-mit
County United Fund chairman. The gift will be added to the
money pledged in the company-wide drive that ends Oct. 30.
•11111111111lilli111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111m'mi l lim11111111111• Racing Tires Score Big Wins
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• Turn Clocks Back • Goodyear racing tires all
= A friendly reminder: • but wrapped up a chain-
S Don't forget to turn • pionship Season last week
• your clocks back an hour • with victories that stretched
• when you go to bed Sat- 2 . from coast to coast.
5 urday night. Eastern • Junior Johnson piloted a
• Standard Time officially % Goodyear-equipped Chevrolet to
• goes into effect at 2 a.m., • victory in . the National 400 at
• Sunday, Oct. 27. •1 the Charlotte Motor Speedway
Fiimmimimlim1111111110011111111ttiloiIimiIIIIimi11ii111111111111111111111•111111ll to ·give Goodyear six victories in
eight starts at major NASCAR
races during 1963. Johnson was
followed by Fred Lorenzen,
Marvin Panch, Fireball Roberts
and Joe Weatherly, who rounded
out the top five on Goodyears.
Four of the next five were on
Stock Car Specials.
On the same day - but this
time on the West Coast-Dave
McDonald and Roger Penske ran
one-two in their Goodyear-shod
sports cars at the important
Los Angeles Times Grand Prix.
McDonald, driving a Shelby-
Cooper-Ford, and Penske in a
Cooper-Climax zoomed to new
track records on the 2.6 mile
Riverside, Calif., road course.
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This publication is protected by copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Copyright to this publication lies with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which has permitted The University of Akron to make it available for personal use for private study, scholarship, or research. Any other use of this item including publications, exhibitions, or productions is prohibited without written permission. Please contact Archival Services at archives@uakron.edu for more information.

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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER i'« .U COMPANY AKRON EDITION
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Akron, Ohio ;447 Thursday, October 21, 1963 No. 43
Spirit Of UF' Racer Zooms
Toward $384,300 'Flag'
-- mmm""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""mm"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'• $299.539 Pledged
1, She Could Be Stretching ,• v
- The Story Just A Little I .--
.-
.-
-3 The following is a •ttall tale" written by a 10-year-
- old girl from Gastonia, N.C., and read to her classmates -
1- as part of a school assignment. She has come up with a 4
- - new concept of tire-making which, if adopted, would be •
unique in the industry. A letter accompanying her ':tale" M
-I: was sent to public relations by the girl's father. M The 66Spirit of the UF,"
1•Once upon a time a little boy named Jimmy started • Goodyear's mythical racer
-- 6 eating rubber. He ate so much he thought he would pop. -- which has its headlights
9 Jimmy stopped for a few days, but of course he started • trained on the finish line-
M back again. One night on a very cold night the heat was 3 the company goal of $384,-
0 on, so Jimmy walked over to the heater to get warm. M 300 -has passed the two-
-3 t:Finally he got warm and walked away. All of a
3 sudden, POP! The rubber got so hot it just popped. And .- thirds mark and is heading
3 that was the end of poor Jimmy. When the rubber got -= down the home stretch with
• cool, it turned into circles. Then people called them tires. • the gas pedal to the floor.
•That's how Good Year Tires got its name because M As of last Tuesday after-
M Jimmy had lived for a good year. And to this day GOOD - noon, $299,539 or 77.9 per cent
• Years is the BEST!!! " of the goal, had been collected.
= In addition, Board Chairman
•11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111118 E. J.Thomas presented Robert
S. Wilson, general campaign
Leading Roles Are Set chairman, with a $210,000 check
as Goodyear's corporate gift to
the United Fund drive.
For'Bye Bye Birdie' year Tire and Goodyear Aero-
The donations made by Good-space
employes, plus the
Susannah Pierce, John Bernabei and Joe DiGiroloma, corporate gift constitute about
names familiar to those who have seen past Goodyear 25 per cent of the entire UF
goal, which this year is $3,550,-
Musical Theatre shows, will play the leading roles in The
000.
3Iusical Theatre's production of 66Bye Bye Birdie" Nov. •The results tabulated so far
22, 23, 29, 30 and Dec. 1 in Goodyear Theater. are encouraging," said J. H.
JIiss Pierce, who has appeared Ake, company UF general
in "Li'l Abner," "Once Upon a Tickets for the musical can chairman. 66I feel certain that
1Iattress" and 6(Kismet," por- be purchased at the Employes if each of us does his part,
trays Rose Alvarez, secretary Activities Office or from any and contributes according to
to Albert Peterson (Bernabei), member of the cast. his conscience, we shall sur-manager
of the teen-age singing pass this year's goal."
age, Conrad Birdie ( DiGiro-- Our Rims Shine He added, •'It's nice to be
onia ). Bernabei played Marryin' able to show others that we've
alii in last year's •

==
• Turn Clocks Back • Goodyear racing tires all
= A friendly reminder: • but wrapped up a chain-
S Don't forget to turn • pionship Season last week
• your clocks back an hour • with victories that stretched
• when you go to bed Sat- 2 . from coast to coast.
5 urday night. Eastern • Junior Johnson piloted a
• Standard Time officially % Goodyear-equipped Chevrolet to
• goes into effect at 2 a.m., • victory in . the National 400 at
• Sunday, Oct. 27. •1 the Charlotte Motor Speedway
Fiimmimimlim1111111110011111111ttiloiIimiIIIIimi11ii111111111111111111111•111111ll to ·give Goodyear six victories in
eight starts at major NASCAR
races during 1963. Johnson was
followed by Fred Lorenzen,
Marvin Panch, Fireball Roberts
and Joe Weatherly, who rounded
out the top five on Goodyears.
Four of the next five were on
Stock Car Specials.
On the same day - but this
time on the West Coast-Dave
McDonald and Roger Penske ran
one-two in their Goodyear-shod
sports cars at the important
Los Angeles Times Grand Prix.
McDonald, driving a Shelby-
Cooper-Ford, and Penske in a
Cooper-Climax zoomed to new
track records on the 2.6 mile
Riverside, Calif., road course.
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